Labor experts unsure of future if Illinois workers strike – Associated Press
March 11, 2017
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Study Says Illinois Doesn’t Know All it Spends on Higher Ed. Not Unusual. – Wirepoints Original
March 11, 2017
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By: Mark Glennon* A new study by Pew Charitable Trusts tried to measure how much states spend on higher education. The challenge is measuring spending in the form of tax breaks like Illinois and most states provide. Most states simply don’t know and Pew couldn’t fully measure it, they concluded. Only nine states have enough data to really tell, Pew says. Illinois is not among those nine that know. And higher education isn’t the only place where that kind of spending in Illinois is blind. Direct spending is measured and reported. But spending in the form of
Failed Seaway Bank gets yet another new owner – Crain’s
March 11, 2017
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The remnants of failed Seaway Bank & Trust are changing hands again. The owners of the Texas bank that acquired Seaway from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in late January now are selling Seaway’s branches and deposits to a North Carolina-based credit union. Greensboro, N.C.-based Self-Help Federal Credit Union, which specializes in lending to low-income and minority customers and already owns a Chicago lender focused on Hispanics, will take over Seaway’s franchise beginning in May.
Jim Nowlan: Things are sure different now. Why? – DailyJournal
March 11, 2017
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Great article by Jim Nowlan: “The overriding, really complex challenge for the future is how to provide support for the increasing numbers among us for whom there will be little work because of the lightning-speed advances taking place in artificial intelligence. And at the same time, work with these folks to develop a sense of purpose for their lives.”
Heroin buyers on Chicago’s West Side getting help, not handcuffs – Sun-Times
March 11, 2017
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Friday’s operation targeting low-level buyers was different from most drug busts. These addicts were given the choice to go into treatment instead of jail. Forty-one of them took the police up on their offer.
California pension cases called unlikely to affect Illinois – Chicago City Wire
March 11, 2017
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The Video Game Trying to Stanch the ‘Carnage’ in Chicago – Politico
March 11, 2017
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Based on extensive interviews with the inhabitants of the city’s badlands, We Are Chicago is part of a growing number of “serious games” focused on using the fun and interactive nature of games to tackle social justice issues such as poverty, the environment and the Syrian Civil War.
Indianapolis sitting pretty with light pension burden, report says – Indianapolis Business Journal
March 11, 2017
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The S&P report, issued Wednesday, looks at pension pressures facing the nation’s 15 largest cities. In addition to Indianapolis, those cities are Austin, Texas; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Houston; Jacksonville, Florida; Los Angeles; New York; Philadelphia; Phoenix; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco; and San Jose, California. Chicago is worst.
Here’s how the County School Facilities Sales Tax works – Belleville News-Democrat
March 11, 2017
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State Makes Last-Gasp Pitch To Build 3rd Chicago Area Airport – CBS Chicago
March 11, 2017
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The Illinois Department of Transportation said it will submit a “request for information” next week, asking for a company to come in and build the long-stalled South Suburban Airport with private money.
Rauner Says Companies Would Flee State If Income Tax Structure Changes – WNIJ and WNIU
March 11, 2017
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Some Democratic candidates for governor are starting to campaign on changing to a graduated income tax rate – so wealthy people pay more. Rauner says that proposal would result in business owners leaving Illinois.